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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Overview
| Works: |
6,148
works in
14,708
publications in
7
languages and
645,092
library holdings
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| Genres: |
Drama
Film adaptations
History
Parodies, imitations, etc
Naval history
Biographical films
Historical films
Film and video adaptations
Fiction
Musical films
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| Roles: |
Producer, Production personnel, Distributor, Originator, pmn, Publisher, Other, Defendant
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| Classifications: |
PN1997,
791.4372 |
Most widely held works about
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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Most widely held works by
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Titanic by James Cameron (
visu
)
71
editions published
between
1997
and
2012
in
5
languages
and held by
5,109
libraries
worldwide
Two people from different worlds meet and fall in love on the brief, tragic maiden voyage of the grand ocean liner "Titanic."
Night at the Museum by Ben Stiller (
visu
)
30
editions published
between
2007
and
2011
in
English and Turkish
and held by
5,094
libraries
worldwide
Larry Daley is a divorced father who can't seem to keep a job for more than a week. He applies for a job at the Museum of Natural History and is assigned as a night guard. However, a seemingly easy job turns out to be an adventure when he finds that an ancient curse has caused the "inhabitants" of the museum to come to life
The sound of music by Robert Wise (
visu
)
89
editions published
between
1965
and
2011
in
3
languages
and held by
4,927
libraries
worldwide
As Nazism takes over Austria, a governess and a widowed father fall in love and escape the country with his large family of musically-talented children
Miracle on 34th Street by George Seaton (
visu
)
65
editions published
between
1947
and
2012
in
English and French
and held by
4,579
libraries
worldwide
The real Santa is hired by Macy's to play the department store's Santa in the Thanksgiving Day parade, but has to prove in court that he is who he says he is
The grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck (
visu
)
47
editions published
between
1940
and
2013
in
English and Chinese
and held by
4,552
libraries
worldwide
Following a preson term he served for manslaughter, Tom Joad returns to find his family homestead overwhelmed by weather and the greed of the banking industry. With little work potential on the horizon of the Oklahoma dust bowls, the entire family packs up and heads for the promised land--California
Planet of the apes by Franklin J Schaffner (
visu
)
78
editions published
between
1968
and
2013
in
English and French
and held by
3,961
libraries
worldwide
In a remake of the original film, after an astronaut crash-lands on an uncharted planet he finds himself at odds with a society in which apes are the rulers - and humans are little more than slaves
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid by George Roy Hill (
visu
)
46
editions published
between
1969
and
2010
in
English and French
and held by
3,872
libraries
worldwide
The Sundance Kid is the frontier's fastest gun. His partner, Butch Cassidy is always dreaming up new ways to get rich fast. If only they could blow open a baggage car without also blowing up the money-filled safe inside. So Butch and Sundance pack their guns, put on new duds, and, with Sundance's girlfriend, head down to Bolivia
All about Eve by Joseph L Mankiewicz (
visu
)
46
editions published
between
1950
and
2011
in
English
and held by
3,573
libraries
worldwide
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington moves relentlessly towards her goal: taking the reins of power from the great actress Margo Channing. The cunning Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critics see through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit
Avatar by James Cameron (
visu
)
27
editions published
between
2009
and
2012
in
English
and held by
3,568
libraries
worldwide
Jake Sully is a former Marine who uses a wheelchair. But despite his broken body, Jake is still a warrior at heart. He is recruited to travel light years to the human outpost on Pandora, where a corporate consortium is mining a rare mineral that is the key to solving Earth's energy crisis. He is given a mission to infiltrate the Na'vi, who have become a major obstacle to mining the precious ore. But a beautiful Na'vi female, Neytiri, saves Jake's life--which changes everything
Moulin Rouge! by Baz Luhrmann (
visu
)
39
editions published
between
2001
and
2012
in
English and French
and held by
3,527
libraries
worldwide
Christian (McGregor), an idealistic and impoverished young writer who, newly arrived in Montmartre, is haphazardly inducted into a circle of young bohemians led by Toulouse-Lautrec. A comedy of mistaken identities ensues, quickly enmeshing the young poet in a love triangle involving the unobtainable and consumptive Satine (Kidman), queen courtesan of the Moulin Rouge, and the foppish Duke of Roxbury, his villainous rival for her affections
Master and commander the far side of the world by Patrick O'Brian (
visu
)
21
editions published
between
2003
and
2010
in
English
and held by
3,497
libraries
worldwide
During the Napoleonic Wars, a British frigate, the HMS Surprise, and the larger French warship, Acheron, stalk each other off of the coast of South America. Lucky Jack, as he is referred to by his crew, is well regarded by his men, who trust him implicitly, even after the first devastating battle and an apparent personal vendetta against the French captain. The ship's surgeon balances the violence of his chosen life with the quiet demeanor of the scientist. He is the captain's friend and confidant, the two frequently playing violin and cello duets together
Independence Day by Roland Emmerich (
visu
)
52
editions published
between
1996
and
2013
in
4
languages
and held by
3,429
libraries
worldwide
Spaceships appear and wonder turns to terror as they attack cities all over the earth
The last of the Mohicans by Michael Mann (
visu
)
30
editions published
between
1992
and
2010
in
3
languages
and held by
3,410
libraries
worldwide
An epic film based on the classic novel by James Fenimore Cooper about the French & Indian War and a white frontiersman raised by Indians
The diary of Anne Frank by George Stevens (
visu
)
56
editions published
between
1959
and
2010
in
3
languages
and held by
3,402
libraries
worldwide
Dramatization of a young girl's diary describing the lives of eight people who hide in an attic for two years to avoid arrest by the Nazis
Alien by Ridley Scott (
visu
)
62
editions published
between
1979
and
2011
in
English
and held by
3,060
libraries
worldwide
Terror begins when the crew of a spaceship investigates a transmission from a desolate planet and discovers a life form that is perfectly evolved to annihilate mankind
Star wars
(
visu
)
16
editions published
between
2002
and
2013
in
English
and held by
3,056
libraries
worldwide
Anakin Skywalker edges closer to the Dark Side, despite the tutelage of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Meanwhile, political intrigue leads to the birth of a powerful clone army
MASH by Robert Altman (
visu
)
35
editions published
between
1970
and
2009
in
English and French
and held by
2,972
libraries
worldwide
Highlights the outrageous antics of three skilled young surgeons drafted from civilian life and assigned to a unit of the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) during the Korean War
Home alone by Chris Columbus (
visu
)
31
editions published
between
1990
and
2013
in
English and Spanish
and held by
2,893
libraries
worldwide
An eight-year-old boy is left home alone on Christmas, and has to defend his home against two bumbling burglars
Edward Scissorhands by Tim Burton (
visu
)
42
editions published
between
1990
and
2012
in
3
languages
and held by
2,866
libraries
worldwide
Once upon a time in a castle high on a hill lived an inventor whose greatest creation was named Edward. Although Edward had an irresistible charm, he wasn't quite perfect. The inventor's sudden death left him unfinished, with sharp shears of metal for hands. Edward lived alone in the darkness until one day a kind Avon Lady took him home to live with her family. And so began Edward's fantastic adventures in a pastel paradise known as Suburbia
Young Frankenstein by Mel Brooks (
visu
)
34
editions published
between
1974
and
2010
in
English and French
and held by
2,839
libraries
worldwide
A finely tuned parody of the old Frankenstein movies, in which Wilder returns to the old country to clear his family name
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Actresses American Museum of Natural History Aubrey, Jack (Fictitious character) Austria California Cassidy, Butch, Depressions Divorced fathers Earhart, Amelia, Extraterrestrial beings Families Fathers and sons Frank, Anne, Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) French and Indian War (United States : 1754-1763) Human-alien encounters Human experimentation in medicine Jews--Persecutions Kenobi, Obi-Wan (Fictitious character) Korean War (1950-1953) Life on other planets Man-woman relationships Migrant agricultural laborers Mohegan Indians Monsters Motion pictures Moulin-Rouge (Night club : Paris, France) Museum exhibits Museum storage facilities Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815) Navies--Officers Netherlands New York (State)--New York North Atlantic Ocean Pandora (Imaginary place) Pharaohs Police, Private Santa Claus Shipwrecks Smithsonian Archives Social classes Steinbeck, John, Sundance Kid Theater Titanic (Steamship) Trapp Family Singers United States United States, West Washington (D.C.) World War (1939-1945)
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